By JAMES KUNDA- BRITISH owned conglomerate, Consolidated Nickel Mining and Investments Limited is next month expected to start operations at the defunct Munali Nickel Mine in Mazabuka as the major shareholder. Mines, Energy and Water...

By JAMES KUNDA – GOVERNMENT is still in the process of consulting over a fixed floor price of maize ahead of the 2014/2015 crop marketing season. Agriculture and Livestock Deputy Minister Greyford Monde said in...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA
 – ZAMBIA will take full advantage of the Africa Freedom Day to market
itself as the preferred tourist destination at the Seychelles Fete
Afrique through joint promotion tourism packages.
 The Fete Afrique is an...

  By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA
- THE Government has said  tourism development and promotion should
be included in strategic plans if they are to make a  meaningful
contribution to the industry. Tourism and Arts Permanent Secretary Stephen Mwansa recommended...

By JAMES KUNDA- BRITISH owned mining conglomerate Gemfields Plc, has secured a US$15 million working capital facility from global partners to improve production capacity and strengthen the company’s cash flow. Gemfields chief executive officer Ian...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE- WORKS on the US$450 million Dangote Cement plant in Masaiti District on the Copperbelt are almost complete to pave way for commencement of production by August this year. Company chief general manager...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE
- THE Government in collaboration with the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has put in place a committee which will look at ways and means of increasing exports to the...

By JAMES KUNDA- GOVERNMENT is pondering the prospect of entering into a joint venture deal with the private sector in a bid to revive the defunct pineapple cannery in Mwinilunga District of North-Western Province. Agriculture...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE in KASAMA- A KASAMA-based company Regitech Soya Processing Industries Limited has appealed to Government to consider waiving import duty on equipment and other operating machinery. One of the directors Emeldah Bwalya said...


By JAMES KUNDA- LOW copper output at its Zambian unit Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) in Chingola has cost Vedanta Resources a 8.5 per cent drop in annual copper earnings on the global market. According to...